Artfully Designed and Crafted Boats since 1978
Plans and Kits
Start with our precision CNC-cut hull kits and build out from there. For the adventurous woodsmith, we have plans available to guide you through a build you can truly call your own.
Devlin Custom Built Boats
Sam and his team of top-notch craftsmen can design and build the boat of your dreams. Literally. Dream it up, and they can deliver it in every detail.
Devlin Designing Boatbuilders
2424 Gravelly Beach Loop NW
Olympia, WA 98502
360-866-0164
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New Website Page featuring Home Built Devlin Boats!
At last a website page dedicated to the backyard home boatbuilder! Over the years we’ve seen builds of Sam’s designs from 7 feet to 54 feet. Plans have now been purchased in over 90 countries worldwide!
Visit us on Facebook and Instagram!
Explore the many wonderful home and professional builds of Devlin Boats from around the world. And watch day by day photo documentation of shop builds.
Tugzilla 26 for Sale!
Sam’s offering Tugzilla for sale! Check out her specks by clicking on her photo.
Diana – Beals Island Lobster Boat – 1952-2002
DIANA was built by Alvin Beal in the early 1950s on Beals Island, Maine. She incorporates the handsome low sheer and skeg construction that were a hallmark
of that era.
Autumn Project for the Family? – 25% Off Downloadable Construction Plans
Autumn is a wonderful time to create a family boat building project.
Josephine for Sale
Sam is offering his very own cruising and fully restored 1934 Northwest Salmon Troller for sale. Check out the many photos and detailed specs in the link to Josephine’s brochure.
Featured Design
Candlefish 16
The Candlefish 16 is a burdensome fishing skiff. Deep and seaworthy, it is wonderfully suited to life in our changeable weather and strong tides.
Getting Started
Polliwog 8
The Polliwog is a great entry into wooden boat building! With the Polliwog, we offer the amateur builder the opportunity to build a lightweight and strong dinghy or tender.
Power Cruisers
Sailboats
Fishing Boats
Work Boats
Duckboats
Rowing & Paddling
About Devlin Boat Builders
This is where we encompass over forty years of focused development on a wide range of designs and the boating experiences they deliver, a uniquely evolved set of techniques to ensure a high quality, enduring vessel, and a sense of classic nautical design that manages to anchor in tradition while bringing the best of modern technology into your next boat.
Also, we invite you to register on the site and join the Devlin family discussion as we all find our way into the best of boating experiences on a Devlin designed boat.
